Jump to content

Lycopteridae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lycopteridae
Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous
Lycoptera species from China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Cohort: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: Lycopteriformes
Family: Lycopteridae
Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963

Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.

Genera

[edit]

Description

[edit]

These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.

Distribution

[edit]

They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.

References

[edit]
  • Arno Hermann Müller: Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie. Band III, Vertebraten, Teil 1. Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1985
  • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
  • V.N. Yakovlev Systematics of the family Lycopteridae International Geology Review - Volume 8, Issue 1, 1966
[edit]